SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subacute bacterial endocarditis mean? 

• SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS (noun)
  The noun SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS has 1 sense:

1. a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly

  Familiarity information: SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subacute bacterial endocarditis" is a kind of...):

endocarditis (inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves)